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saracox's review
3.0
What a beautifully illustrated book! This books follows a grizzly mother bear with her two cubs from hibernation to the next season's hibernation. It teaches children about different aspects of the grizzly bear's life in different seasons and their interactions with the Gitxsan community.
I love how it has definitions of words that children might not know (e.g. metabolism).
I think more information about the geographical locality and the Gitxsan would make this book so much more accessible to children more globally. Afterall, who wouldn't want to learn about grizzly bears?
I love how it has definitions of words that children might not know (e.g. metabolism).
I think more information about the geographical locality and the Gitxsan would make this book so much more accessible to children more globally. Afterall, who wouldn't want to learn about grizzly bears?
ljrinaldi's review
4.0
The Gitxsan people are First Nations people who live beside a river whose name translates to The River of Mist. The Gitxsan people are also aware of how important both the Salmon and the Grizzly are to the region, and ecosystem.
This is the second in what I hope will be a series of books that highlights each anaimal the plays a part in keeping the area healthy, within the web of life.
The first was about the Sockeye Salmon. This second follows the life of the Grizzly. With beautiful illsutrations, we follow what happens month by month to a mother grizzly and her cubs.
It is an excellent way to learn about the web of life, and to learn about the lifecycle of the grizzly.
My only qualm, and I could be remembering the first book differently, is there is not as much Gitxsan language in this second book as was in the first.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
This is the second in what I hope will be a series of books that highlights each anaimal the plays a part in keeping the area healthy, within the web of life.
The first was about the Sockeye Salmon. This second follows the life of the Grizzly. With beautiful illsutrations, we follow what happens month by month to a mother grizzly and her cubs.
It is an excellent way to learn about the web of life, and to learn about the lifecycle of the grizzly.
My only qualm, and I could be remembering the first book differently, is there is not as much Gitxsan language in this second book as was in the first.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
stenaros's review
2.0
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A grizzly mother and her two cubs show us their life cycle. I found the abrupt jumps in time disorienting, but the subject matter interesting.
A grizzly mother and her two cubs show us their life cycle. I found the abrupt jumps in time disorienting, but the subject matter interesting.
elizabethlk's review
4.0
The Grizzly Mother is a great nature picture book for any child who has ever been interested in animals. The Gitxsan perspective on animals in their territory is one that deserves to be told and heard. This is a great follow up to The Sockeye Mother, which I also thought was a fabulous work of nature nonfiction for kids. The art is definitely on point, although Natasha Donovan's work has never let me down. Definitely recommended!
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